Synaesthesia: Grasping Medieval Senses
Fall 2016 Meeting at the University of Pennsylvania
Schedule of Events
Nicholas Herman (Kislak Center, University of Pennsylvania)
Welcome
Ana Pairet (Rutgers University)
Opening Remarks
Roland Betancourt (University of California, Irvine and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
"Sensual Remediation: Synaesthesia and the Common Sense in Byzantium"
Kostis Kourelis (Franklin & Marshall College)
"Soft Walls: Byzantine Archaeology and the Somatic Turn”
Thomas Izbicki (Rutgers University)
"Saint Genevieve and the Anointing of the Sick"
Coffee break 3:00-3:30
Liz Lastra (University of Pennsylvania) – 2014 DVMA Digital Prize-Winner
"Digital Sight and Touch: New Methods for Experiencing Medieval Art"
Sarah Guérin (University of Pennsylvania)
“To grasp the meaning: Gothic Ivories and the Sense of Touch”
Kevin Brownlee (University of Pennsylvania)
“Touch, Sight, and Art: Pygmalion’s Statue in the Rose and Palemone’s Temple in the Teseida”
Reception to follow
Photo: The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, Touch; Paris, musée de Cluny - musée national du Moyen-Âge © RMN-Grand Palais / Michel Urtado
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Event Properties
| Event Date | 09/24/2016, 1:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 09/24/2016, 6:00 pm |
| Registration Start Date | 07/23/2016 |
| Capacity | Unlimited |
| Cut off date | 09/24/2016, 11:55 pm |
| Individual Price | $15.00 |
| Location | The Kislak Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (6th floor), University of Pennsylvania |